The Captain's Ransom

11. Moonlight Rendezvous

"The King and his men           
stole the Queen from her bed            
and bound her in her bones         
the seas be ours and by the powers        
where we will we'll roam"

"Yo ho, all hands           
Hoist the colors high          
Heave ho, thieves and beggars             
Never shall we die"

Singing softly, I stand before the opened window of the room we were staying in. Dressed still in the damn dress, my long black hair pulled over my left shoulder. My fingers ran through it softly as I gazed out at the ocean in the distance. The sun had set a while ago, as the moon shone softly over the beautiful water.

"Never shall we die..."

Leaning my body to the window frame, the late night breezes graces against my face softly. I have already been in this Palace for about a week now. Meaning the Prince's birthday celebration is in just one more week to come. That day I will learn if I fooled him into loving me or not. Farlan remains in the palace with me, though I sent Isabel and Petra both back to the ship. I was growing irritated with them around, so we told the King and Prince they had to return to Sina to attend to their studies.

"How I hate it here." Whispering to myself, I exhaled softly.

Though the sound of distant horses galloping could be heard. In a smaller town of Shiganshina, a dispute arose and the Prince had to head there three days ago. My ears perked up as the sound of the horses only grew louder. That is when I saw it. The palace banner held by some of the guards riding back on horses. Though my eyes only went to him.

"Eren..."

Whispering out his name, I leaned out the window slightly with my hands holding the sill. I found myself desperate, to catch a glimpse of his chestnut brown hair blowing in the wind as he galloped along on his white horse. He looked so graceful and poised as he rode. Pulling the horse's reins, he comes to a halt and hops off the animal at the Palace entrance. I watch him hand the reins over to a stable boy, then he pushes his hair back from his face with his hands.

My hand moved up to my chest as I felt my heart racing at just the sight of him. Since arriving here a week ago, the last three days were the only ones he wasn't by my side the entire time.

Without him around me, these past days I just felt so off. I am unsure of what these feelings are, and I refuse to believe it something stupid along the lines of love. Love doesn't exist, a Pirate Captain's only love is the ocean and treasure. So why do I feel so happy now seeing that he has returned safely?

I watch him look up and our eyes locked together. I blush madly, quickly pulling myself away from the window shyly stepping out of his view. My back leaned against the wall next to the window, as I breathed in heavily smelling his scent from here.

"Levi, what is happening to you. Even from up here, I can smell his Alpha scent like it is calling out to me."

My body shivers drastically as I almost collapsed to the floor. Hurrying over to where I kept my pills, I make quick work of swallowing one. I stand there eyes closed breathing deeply. My heat will hit me in just over a week and a half. By then I will be back on the open water on my ship filled with gold and jewels. And the Prince? Well he will be long out of my life by then, the ocean will be separating us.

Turning around my eyes land on the sea shell he bought me. A smile forms on my lips which instantly disappears as a knock sounds on the door.

"Eren?" I whisper rushing to the door and open it. Though I found myself feeling extremely disappointed in seeing just a maid at my door.

"My Lady, the Prince wished me to bring this to you. He wished to not disturb you at such a late hour in the night."

"Oh, thank you." I give a tiny smile accepting the envelope from her. She curtsies and walks down the hall as I shut the door. Walking to the bed sitting down I open the sealed cream coloured envelope.